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Tyler’s ahead
of the curve
By Daniel Silverton
AS A member of the Diocesan School First
XI, New Zealand under-18, Auckland
under-21 and Howick Pakuranga Hockey
Club (HPHC) premier women’s teams, it’s
no wonder Tyler Lench was unavailable
to receive her junior sportswoman prize
at the Howick Sports Awards.
The 16-year-old was briefly at the
ceremony earlier this month, but had to
leave early to play for HPHC in a match
against Southern.
The star midfielder and striker missed
being named as the inaugural junior
sportswoman winner, but scored the final
goal in HPHC’s 3-2 victory.
“It was a hard choice, but I would
rather play the game and get the points
on the table for the club,” she told the
Times.
Tyler was nominated by HPHC on the
back of her many representative selec-
tions, including helping the NZ under-18
girls’ team qualify for the Youth Olympics
and HPHC win the Auckland club minor
and major premierships last year.
“It was really cool to see the stuff I do
get recognised,” she says.
HPHC president Diana Dowdle
accepted the award on Tyler’s
behalf.
“We’re delighted for Tyler
to win this award,” said
Dowdle. “She has tre-
mendous talent and is
very competitive.”
ISRAEL Dagg’s brilliant game-sav-
ing tackle on Highlander Patrick
Osborne in the Crusaders dra-
matic 32-30 win at Dunedin just
may have been enough for him to
retain his All Black fullback berth
in next month’s first test against
England in Auckland.
However, the fact remains that
Highlanders captain Ben Smith
and injured Blues custodian
Charles Piutau have consistently
performed better than Dagg in the
Super Rugby championship.
The question is whether the
national selectors will give Smith
a crack at fullback to allow Cory
Jane to join the in-form Julian
Savea on the wing to sharpen the
All Blacks attack against what will
be a weakened English side for the
first test?
Although Dagg’s Super 15 form
hasn’t been great, he has been an
outstanding fullback for the All
Blacks where his strong positional
play, towering punt and timely
excursions into the backline have
proved good value.
Smith, however, is a more
aggressive attacker who consist-
ently beats defenders with his pace
and step.
As stated in last week’s column, I
would also like to see the dynamic
Malakai Fekitoa make his test
debut at Eden Park, with an eye
to giving him international expe-
rience before next year’s Rugby
World Cup.
Although clever 32-year-old vet-
eran Conrad Smith remains an out-
standing player who takes smart
options and marshals the defence
superbly, there is an urgent need to
blood an exciting young talent such
as Fekitoa who, like Ben Smith and
Savea, is a game-breaker.
With Beauden Barrett starring
for the Hurricanes and improv-
ing his goal-kicking accuracy and
generalship while Aaron Cruden
missed five weeks nursing a bro-
ken thumb, there is also a case
for giving Barrett a start against
England. With outstanding No
8 Kieran Read having had a long
spell recovering from concus-
sion, it will be interesting to see
whether he starts against England,
or whether the selectors pick the
abrasive Jerome Kaino there or No
6 ahead of Liam Messam.
Meanwhile, while the Blues
scored three tries to the Sharks
two in their 29-23 loss to the South
Africans, one had to admire the
rugged defence of Jake White’s
team who deserved their victory
and to lead the table on 44 points,
five clear of the on fire Waratahs,
who smashed the Rebels 41-19.
Third overall, the Crusaders
(37) have a one point cushion on
the Hurricanes and Highlanders,
with the Chiefs just a point adrift
after being thrashed 45-8 by the
rampant Hurricanes, who face the
Blues at Eden Park this Saturday
night.
How the worm has turned when
you reflect that not so long ago
some Crusaders and Hurricanes
fans were calling for the heads of
coaches Todd Blackadder and
Mark Hammett.
Props Nepo Laulala and Tim
Perry rewarded Blackadder’s
brave gamble for giving them a
start ahead of All Blacks Owen
Franks and Wyatt Crockett by
scoring tries in their Dunedin
thriller against the Highlanders.
The Crusaders face another
tough one when hosting the Force
on Friday, when the Highlanders
should account for the lowly Reds
in Brisbane.
However, the defending cham-
pion Chiefs will need a return to
their best in a hurry if they are to
remain in the hunt by humbling
the dangerous Waratahs in their
Saturday clash at New Plymouth.
Work cut out for selectors
Like rugby fans up and
down the country, Times
columnist Ivan Agnew has
been consistently calling for
Pakuranga United’s Malakai
Fekitoa to be made an All
Black for the mid-year
rugby tests.
Photo supplied /
NZSportPix.com
Agnew’s
Angle
REP STAR: Howick’s junior
sportswoman of the year, Tyler
Lench, in action for the champion
Auckland under-21 team.
Times photo Daniel Silverton